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COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Golden State Athletic Conference series opener between Vanguard University and San Diego Christian College took less than two hours to complete as a solid pitching performance from Jordan Dreibelbis and a quiet confidence among the Lions drove them to the 4-0 win. The Pride logged 11 hits on the day, putting up seven more than the Hawks, and produced one four-run inning to win it. Tanner Perry grabbed the first hit of the day in the first frame and hit the first RBI single of the day in the fifth. Читать дальше...

COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Golden State Athletic Conference series opener between Vanguard University and San Diego Christian College took less than two hours to complete as a solid pitching performance from Jordan Dreibelbis and a quiet confidence among the Lions drove them to the 4-0 win. The Pride logged 11 hits on the day, putting up seven more than the Hawks, and produced one four-run inning to win it. Tanner Perry grabbed the first hit of the day in the first frame and hit the first RBI single of the day in the fifth. Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — Bringing five babies into the world has left Jamie Scott feeling tired, excited and ultimately blessed. She delivered quintuplets by Caesarean section after 29 weeks of pregnancy on March 21 at Dignity Health St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. "I feel so blessed when I look at each of their little faces, and each of their little souls I can feel," she said. She and her husband Skyler Scott temporarily moved from Utah to Phoenix in December to get care at St. Joseph's. Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — Bringing five babies into the world has left Jamie Scott feeling tired, excited and ultimately blessed. She delivered quintuplets by Caesarean section after 29 weeks of pregnancy on March 21 at Dignity Health St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. "I feel so blessed when I look at each of their little faces, and each of their little souls I can feel," she said. She and her husband Skyler Scott temporarily moved from Utah to Phoenix in December to get care at St. Joseph's. Читать дальше...

Astronomers have captured views of a star 9 billion light years away — more than halfway across the universe. And more marvels are ahead. Nicknamed Icarus, the blue supergiant was spotted via “gravitational microlensing,” a technique that plays off the way gravity bends light, which can allow for more clear views at vast distances. And...

Mauricio Pochettino says he has not been taking Toby Alderweireld’s contract situation into consideration when deciding to leave the Belgian out of recent match-day squads. Tottenham take on Stoke City in the Premier League on Saturday, and reports suggest Alderweireld will once again be absent from the group. The Belgian missed out on the squad that faced Chelsea last weekend despite playing 90 minutes for his country just days earlier. Alderweireld is believed to be in the midst of a contract dispute with the club... Читать дальше...

Federal agents nabbed an undocumented immigrant as he was leaving a Brooklyn court Friday, sparking a protest by dozens of public defenders. The three plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had waited outside the courtroom at Brooklyn Criminal Court while Panamanian man Diogenes Pinzon appeared inside, attorneys said. When the 38-year-old emerged around 11 a.m.,...

New York’s Finest are on the hot seat again after four officers fatally shot an unarmed Brooklyn man, Saheed Vassell, on Wednesday. They don’t deserve it — but the city mental-health system does. The officers were responding to calls of a man using a gun to terrorize folks, including an adult with a kid. When...

Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, and Klay Thompson are among 35 players selected to the national team pool.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Sputnik) - Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will not be taken to prison on Friday after his defense team reached a tentative deal with the federal police, local media reported.

"I felt like we had the same story, and I wanted to share that moment with him. It was the highlight of the entire Games for me."

The Pentagon has decided that the flagship Ford-class aircraft carrier must undergo shock trials at sea before deployment, effectively overruling the US Navy’s proposal to skip the trials and deploy the carrier to provide some relief to the overstretched surface fleet.

A slew of prominent content creators, producers and Hollywood talent will gather to discuss the state of LGBTQ representation in the media at a summit hosted by GLAAD and CAA on Saturday.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Fred Couples made the cut at the Masters for the 30th time, tying Gary Player for the second most in tournament history. Only six-time Masters champion Jack Nicklaus (37) made more cuts at Augusta National. Couples, the 1992 Masters champion, shot a 2-over-par 74 in the second round Friday. He rallied after a tough stretch on the back nine, making three birdies in four holes to get to even. He limped home with bogeys on two of the final three holes. Читать дальше...

A US congressman said he pulled out a loaded Smith & Wesson pistol during a meeting with gun control activists Friday in a bid to prove that firearms are not responsible for violence. House Republican Ralph Norman of South Carolina told The Post and Courier newspaper that he drew the handgun and placed it on a table while at a "Coffee With Your Congressman" event at a diner, in an attempt to convey that guns are only dangerous if in the wrong hands. "I'm not going to be a Gabby Giffords," said Norman... Читать дальше...

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Startups with robo-advisor products are failing to live up to their initial promise.

As solutions proliferate and consumer adoption remains slower than expected, many firms are re-examining and updating their strategies to survive.  See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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WASHINGTON — Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt’s concern with his safety came at a steep cost to taxpayers as his swollen security detail blew through overtime budgets and at times diverted officers away from investigating environmental crimes to protect him. Altogether, the agency spent millions of dollars for a 20-member full-time security detail that is three times the size of his predecessor’s part-time security contingent. New details in Pruitt’s expansive spending for security... Читать дальше...

NEW ORLEANS – The first NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Team Rankings of the 2018 season have been released. James Plummer highlights the rankings, sitting at No. 1 in the nation in men's discuss. 

YouTube plans to release a non-algorithmic, whitelisted version of its YouTube Kids app some time in the near future as a way to avoid inadvertently suggesting questionable or graphic content to children, according to a report this evening from BuzzFeed News. The modified version of the app will also be restricted to videos from hand-selected channels that a team of human curators at YouTube will approve.

Arsenal News HQ brings you the latest Arsenal news, match analysis, transfer news, injury news, team news and rumours from trusted media outlets around the World. Arsenal are reportedly close to signing an agreement with a Subscription Video on Demand service to become the club’s first sleeve sponsor at a cost of £10m-per-year. Goal’s Chris Wheatley reports that the club, who recently signed a new deal with Emirates for shirt sponsorship that left it open for them to sign a sleeve sponsor, would surpass Liverpool’s five-year... Читать дальше...

Chapman is great, the lineup needs more power AND clutch, and the pitchers are playing to contact.

55.3 bWAR. That's the amount of future value the Mariners shipped away on August 29, 1996. David Ortiz, then known as Davey Arias, was sent to the Twins in exchange for Dave Hollins, who was supposed to be an upgrade over Russ Davis at third base. Hollins would go on to "accumulate" 1.1 bWAR for the Mariners in 1996, and would be designated as a Free Agent shortly after the season ended. Trades don't get much more lopsided than this one.

55.3 bWAR. That's the amount of future value the Mariners shipped away on August 29, 1996. David Ortiz, then known as Davey Arias, was sent to the Twins in exchange for Dave Hollins, who was supposed to be an upgrade over Russ Davis at third base. Hollins would go on to "accumulate" 1.1 bWAR for the Mariners in 1996, and would be designated as a Free Agent shortly after the season ended. Trades don't get much more lopsided than this one.